The number of people being cared for for gunshot wounds in Stockholm County has more than tripled in the last ten years.
A total of 400 people were cared for in the region between 2009 and 2019, which corresponds to a third of the country's total gunshot wounds.
M in the region: "Costs the equivalent of 74 nurses' salaries for one year"
Trauma Center at Karolinska has calculated the costs of these gunshot wounds.
This year, 38 patients have been treated for gunshot wounds, at a total cost of SEK 10,106,306 and an average number of care days of 6.5 per patient.
In total, the region has thus paid an average of over a quarter of a million per patient, which corresponds to 100 million over a ten-year period - or 74 annual salaries for a nurse according to the region's calculations.
In the clip above, you hear the trauma doctor talk about the care - and the regional council about the costs.